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Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant hit a baseline jump shot with 4.2 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up a six-game road trip by holding on to beat the Raptors 94-92 on Sunday, their eighth victory in nine meetings with Toronto
Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Eleven shots separated Phil and Tiger Sunday at Pebble Beach as Lefty secured his 40th Tour win. Jason Sobel had hole-by-hole reports.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
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Getty ImagesAfter Larry O’Bannon made a pair of free throws to give Louisville a 33-31 lead, its first of the game, Powell went to work. He started his own run of four straight baskets with a 3-pointer from NBA range. After getting the rebound at the other end of the floor, he tried for another 3.
But the shot wouldn’t go, setting up the most spectacular play of the game.
“That tip dunk, I just knew it was going to come off like that,” Powell said, shaking his head. “I don’t know how. I just knew that.”
As soon as the ball left his hands, Powell sprinted inside. When the ball clanged off the rim, he got his hands on it and dunked it, rattling the backboard and bringing his cheering teammates to their feet.
“That was crazy,” Williams said. “That definitely should be top 10 — it’s No. 1 in my book. He played great and stepped up when he had to and made a big-time impact.”
Powell scored on a driving finger roll, and finished his spurt with a hook shot to give Illinois a 40-37 lead with 15:08 to play.
Louisville tied the game again, at 42, on Francisco Garcia’s steal and driving lay-up, but Powell was right there again with a 3-pointer.
“He went through a stretch where he just took the game in his hands,” Head said. “He just took on the scoring.”
Powell and Head sealed the victory with another flurry of baskets midway through the half. After Dee Brown missed a long 3, Powell grabbed the rebound and scored on the lay-up. Head followed with back-to-back 3s.
After a short timeout, Powell stole the ball from Garcia and made a baseline jumper to give Illinois a 60-49 lead, its biggest of the game, with 6:17 left.
“The seniors carried us,” Weber said. “I said a long time ago, our juniors are great but we are no better than our seniors. Our seniors will determine how good we are. I think they stood up big tonight and made a difference. They got us to the championship.”
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Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 15 points and Evan Smotrycz added 13, helping No. 22 Michigan remain unbeaten at home with a 70-61 win over Illinois on Sunday.
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